256: Part 1: He Cracked the Cartel's Code: 32 Years of DEA Operations
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Bill Bodner discusses his 32 years as a DEA Special Agent and a pivotal wiretap operation in 1995 that transformed DEA strategies.
Bill Bodner spent 32 years as a DEA Special Agent. But it was a single 1995 wiretap operation in Los Angeles that changed the game forever. When a Mexican drug trafficking group began communicating through encrypted cell phones — a technology no one in law enforcement had encountered — his team made a call that would reshape DEA strategy for decades.
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